Disney testing guest wristbands

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. - Walt Disney World is asking its guests to jump on the bandwagon with MagicBands, its new way of storing your ticket, room key and more on a wristband.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLA. — Walt Disney World is asking its guests to jump on the bandwagon with MagicBands, its new way of storing your ticket, room key and more on a wristband.

The band keeps you from fumbling through a purse or wallet for a room key, credit card or admission ticket.

The MagicBand is a plastic strip about an inch wide. It’s also waterproof. If you head out to the pool, you don’t need to bring a room key, cash or a credit card; the MagicBand does it all.

Guests staying at certain Disney World hotels are being asked to use the bands as a trial; if you don’t want to do that, you are issued a plastic key card. Eventually all Disney guests will have access to the bands, which have several uses.

• Room key : The door of your hotel has a sensor above the doorknob.

• Admission ticket : You hold your wristband up to a sensor attached to a post until a green light blinks, place your finger on a scanner, and walk into the park.

• FastPass : The band allows you to reserve ride times on Disney’s FastPass system up to 60 days before arrival.

• Lost child : A Disney security employee can scan the child’s MagicBand and call the phone number you left when you registered.